Official photography on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has started, and I couldn’t be more stoked.

My favorite movie as a small child was The Strongest Man in the World, so I’m glad to announce that, yes, Kurt Russell has joined our cast and, yes, he is more awesome a dude than I ever could have imagined.

The last few days around here with him and our other new cast members, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, and Chris Sullivan, have been some of the best of my life. I never thought anyone was missing from our island of misfit toys, but now that these folks are here there feels like there was.

We’ll have more surprises for you in the coming months. But, for now, this will have to do.

I have to get back to set!

Have a great day, everybody.

So, that’s pretty awesome, right? Well, fans being fans, they started posting questions and comments. James Gunn, being awesome, replied to some of them. I went ahead and collected them for you. The name of the originator of the question/comment is a link to the original question/comment. Boy, that sounds redunant when you say it…

Siegfried Dominique: I’m guessing Kurt Russell will be playing Star-Lord’s dad, king J’son of SpartaxJames Gunn: There is no J’son in the MCU.James Gunn: Well unless he’s Moon Knight’s stoner neighbor.

Amlys López: Any hope for Benicio to come back? Although, if you tell me he won’t and he eventually does I will wholeheartedly forgive you.James Gunn: Not in this movie, just because it didn’t work out in the story I’m tellingAmlys López: I’ll get over my heartbreak. Thanks for replying!James Gunn: But I live Benicio and the Collector and they (he?) could be important in the future of the MCU.

(Editor’s Note: I think “I live Benicio” should be “I love Benicio”…)

Caleb Downing Murray: James ( don’t really know how to tag you ), you should bring all the cast to dragon con this year since ur filming in ATL!!!!! It’ll be complete awesome sauce!!!!! Please and thank you muchly!!!James Gunn: We will be done filming by then otherwise I would!

Kevin Kelly: A perfect casting for J-son King of Spartax….and Peter’s father.James Gunn: J’Son is not Peter’s father in the MCU.Dylan Forrest MacKinnon: Or is that just what you want us to believe. A little misdirectionJames Gunn: That wouldn’t be misdirection! That would be a lie!

Ata Mısırlı: James Gunn are we gonna see new guardians? im personaly hoping for Mantis,Bug and Jack The FlagSam Bloomberg: Mantis and another one are confirmed if I recallJames Gunn: Pom (Klementieff) is playing Mantis. There is no other one confirmed.Chris Clevenger: Who is Kurt Russell playing?James Gunn: You’ll have to wait to see who Kurt is playing.

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Saw someone today that I haven’t seen in awhile. He asked if I’d seen Man Of Steel, and I told him yes, and that I loved it.

He didn’t care for it, and threw out the whole, “They killed people” link, which I rebutted with, “Comic Book Law: If you don’t see someone die, they’re not dead. If you do see someone die, there’s a good chance that they’re not dead anyway.”.

But more than that, he gave a very good, valid reason for not liking the new movie:

It wasn’t the Superman (character) that he grew up with.

For me, that’s the reason why I loved Man Of Steel. We all know the boring-ass story of Superman. This movie used that story as the skeleton, and then made a new, awesome version of it.

People hate this movie for being different. That’s fucking stupid. Why should every damned movie be 100% the same?

If you want cookie cutter movies, go watch Saw or Scream or any fucking Nicholas Sparks shit. If you want a fresh take on something, go watch Man Of Steel.